Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-28

Wales, as Well as Ireland, Up in Arms
Against Evictions.
Record URioR's Special Cdblegrdm- copyrighted
By the Nete York Tribune.
LONDON, May 27th.-Whitsuntide threat
ems to be dark season in Ireland Sinful
taneously with the rising of Parliament a
savage and determined coercion campaign
has been opened all along the line The
Government, who are decidedly interested
in creating disturbances in Ireland to
make out case for the coercion bill, have
been egging on the hesitating landlords
to cease parleying and to ply the
crowbar. Ponsonby, of Youghal, one of
the first against whom the plan of
campaign was put in operation, was on
the point of settling with his tenants, when
Balfour came into Office and urged him to
carry out the bankruptcy proceeding,
which eliminated in the bayonetting of
the young man Hanlon and the imprison-
ment of Father Keller. O'Callaghan, of
Bodyke, one of the most infamous rack
renters, had also signifed his willingness
to yield, and so had several others. Now
all have been screwed up to the sticking
place.
The day after the adjournment of Par
lament thirty people were evicted on Lord
Granards estate at Longford. Twenty peo-
Pile were thrown out of their homes on the
Ponsonby estate, and twice as many on
Lord Annesly's property.
These evictions will be continued daily.
The number evicted on the Amnesty estate
up to to-day is 200. An immense force of
police and military have been massed on
the Cianricarde estate and some seizure of
the tenants stock has been already at
tempted.
Tbirty-fve people were yesterday dis
possessed on the Island of Achill, from the
property of the absentee, Colonel Give.
The Bodyke evictions were to have be-
gun to-day, but as the police were about to
make the first charge the Sheriff had an
epileptic fit and the proceedings had to be
suspended. The Bodyke campaign will be
most critical. It is the most rack-rented
estate in Ireland. The people who have
houses have stubbornly barricaded them,
and every holding is surrounded by cheraitr
de trize formed of bushes. There are 800
rifie-armed police and 200 men of the regu-
lar army at the service of the Sheriff. Every
effort has been made by the people to ar
rive at reasonable settlement. Yesterday
they renewed the offer to pay the landlord
his rent in ready money, less 30 per cent.
reduction. After keeping them in suspense
for five hours he refused.
Meanwhile, in Wales, title war of first
class proportions is in full swing. Morn
ing kilograms show that the example of
the Irish tenants has been injected into
their Welsh brethren, and how big a diff
Guilty the Government are likely to have
on hand at their own side of the Irish
channel. One says there were lively scenes
in the Parish of Meerford, Montgomery
shire, to-day, where six district sales OF
titles have been arranged to take place.
The plaintiffs were out all night in
pursuit and cattle were destrained upon
many farms. A posse of 10 policemen
patrolled the district during the night, and
at $50 the entire force arrived at the lower
hill, where they were received with deafen-
ing ieers by the farmers, laborers and
women. At the first farm the matter was
amicably arranged, but at the next farm it
is estimated that 800 persons were on the
scene. The mob fell on the police with
sticks, and serious riot ensued, in which
several farmers and constables were badly
injured.
These scenes have been going on for the
past ten days all over Wales In many
places the people signal the approach of
bailifls with horns, as they do in Ireland
They fired off six cannon from mountain
side at Liangwm yesterday. Clearly, the
| coercion bill must be extended to Wales.
if there be any logic in it at all
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